Tech Events in Edinburgh

After a short hiatus, we are incredibly excited to be bringing you our 37th AWS Glasgow User Group on Wednesday 6th May from the Skyscanner Offices, 15 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh.

We are pleased to have John Mcmillan, DDaC AWS Practice Lead at Fujitsu join us who will be speaking on 'AI: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'

Don't miss your opportunity to network with fellow AWS professionals and enthusiasts. Share your knowledge, learn from others, and be a part of Glasgow's vibrant AWS community!

Don't forget, there will be 🍕 - what's not to love?!
REGISTER NOW!

Please RSVP via the User Group in the usual manner.

AGENDA:
18:15 - Arrival and Welcome
18:30 - Pizza and Networking
19:00 - Presentation 1 - John McMillan - 'AI:The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'
19:45 - Break
20:00 - Presentation 2 - TBC
21:00 - Event End

If you're interested in speaking at one of our User Groups in the future, we'd love to hear from you - please submit your proposal here - https://forms.gle/YYTeYcc5hhMfSsnz8

A bar/pub after-work meetup for anyone interested in tech. Share your latest project, learn about what others are working on, or talk about tech in general. Whatever the case, come join us for a drink or something to eat.

Ask about the reservation for Stephen to find us 👍

Hope to see you there 🍻 cheers

Tonight we’ll be hearing from:

• Cristian Bourceanu on "Aetherus: Monte-Carlo radiative transfer with photon history tracking of interactions for materials and surfaces". From Cristian:

"Monte-Carlo simulations are ubiquous in producing simulated results for problems that are challenging to solve numerically or analytically, but they can be described in terms of statistics. Aetherus is the first known multispectral time-resolved Monte-Carlo simulation, making extensive use of the Rust ecosystem: serde, rayon, nalegbra with SIMD speed-up. The big challenge is to analyse the results, for which we have added a novel events tracking method, using an encoding inspired from RISC-V 32-bit instruction encoding. This enables to group signals together based on various criteria and understand the effects underlying the detected photons histogram. A Domain Specific Language (DSL) was developed with chumsky to faciliate filtering based on an intuitive script."
"I am a PhD student at University of Edinburgh, investigating Multispectral LIDAR. Previously worked as a RISC-V CPU design engineer at Codasip and a firmware engineer at Hypervolt. Now trying to bring some of this knowledge together."

• Fallible Things on "Bevy in Anger (and other stages of grief)".

Fallible has been working on a digital card game for 2 years, having migrated her client-side code base to Bevy after prototyping with Godot for 6 months. Bevy is the Game Engine darling of the Rust community, and has been subject to both much love and hate over its half-decade of development. What's it like trusting and using this technology over time? What will it look like in the future? Has sticking with it been worth it?

Fallible is an Artist and Technical Writer involved in the local independent game development scene, and an infrequent Bevy docs contributor

This time we'll be trying out hosting provided by the Edinburgh Community Rooms project at Patersons Land (no slant against our previous company hosts, who are still much appreciated, it's just good to mix things up occasionally 😀).

Plan for the evening:

• 18:30: doors open
• 19:00 → 20:00: talks + q/a
• 20:00: move for drinks 🍻 to Holyrood 9A, where we have a table booked (this is nearby Patersons Land)

AI is already inside your organisation. Is it working? Join senior tech leaders for an honest conversation about what's really happening.

Leading in the Age of AI: Honest Conversations for Tech Leaders

Most tech leaders aren't short of AI opinions. They're short of honest conversations about what's actually working in reality.

Join CreateFuture for an evening with senior leaders from across the Scottish technology sector who are actively implementing AI inside their organisations - not to talk about the future, but to share what's happening right now. What they're getting right, where they've stumbled, and what they'd do differently.

Your panel

• Lindsay Ratcliffe — Chief Innovation & Transformation Officer, CreateFuture
• Paul Gillespie — Director of Engineering, Skyscanner
• Sarah Thomson — Head of Tech UK, People's Postcode Lottery
• Stuart Bell — Head of AI & Innovation, M&G

We'll cover the things that don't always make it into the case studies:

• How to spot real AI opportunities - and avoid the expensive distractions
• What it actually takes to make AI stick organisationally, not just technically
• Balancing experimentation with governance and accountability
• Building trust with your teams and customers in a world where AI is making real decisions

This isn't a keynote. It's a conversation - with peers navigating the same pressures, making the same trade-offs, in real time.

The evening

6pm - Doors open - networking and light buffet

6:30pm - Welcome and introductions

6:45pm - Panel discussion

7:15pm - Q&A

7:30pm - Networking and refreshments

8:30pm - Close

Come for the insight. Stay for the people.

Please include any dietary or access requirements when registering. To submit questions for the panel in advance, email events@createfuture.com.

We're an inclusive group of game developers in Edinburgh, meeting up for co-working, playtesting and chat.

We meet every Saturday from 1pm in the Levels Cafe, 9C Holyrood Road, everyone welcome, just bring yourself and something to work on, experience optional.

Discord server for this and other local gamedev events: https://discord.gg/HnPSCDJ

A casual social gathering for local game developers to meet and chat! All ages, stages and disciplines are welcome -- whether you're a student generalist or a triple-A veteran, a community manager or a musician, artist or hobbyist, anyone who works in/on/around games and wants to talk to like-minded people is welcome!

You don't need to bring anything, but if you are working on something and have videos or even a demo to play you will find an eager audience. And although it's set in a pub, don't feel obliged to drink either; you'll find many of us having dinner and soft drinks.

LeadDev Edinburgh meetup

🎟 Please RSVP BELOW! 🎟
Join us for our next LeadDev meet-up on May 12th and enjoy an evening of networking and talks.

Date: Thursday, 12th May
Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Location: Skyscanner, 15 Lauriston Pl, Edinburgh EH3 9EN

Spaces are limited - you must RSVP to attend. We hope to see you there!

⏰ SCHEDULE ⏰
18:00 - Arrival, networking and refreshments
18:45 - Welcome from our host
18:50 - Cost Is an Engineering Problem - Stuart Ross, Director of Engineering at Skyscanner
19:15 - Software Engineering in 2026: a WTF Q&A - Mike McQuaid, Homebrew Project Leader, CTPO at Administrate
19:40 - Break
20:00 - How to monorepo with Nix - Noon van der Silk, Invariant Club
20:20 - Wrap & Networking
20:45 - Close

🎤 SPEAKERS 🎤
Stuart Ross , Director of Engineering at Skyscanner
Talk: Cost Is an Engineering Problem
Stuart Ross, Director of Engineering at Skyscanner, leads the platform behind 160 million monthly users and 100 billion daily pricing requests, and will share how the company moved from tracking spend to engineering for it—treating cost at that scale as an engineering challenge as much as a cultural one—using FinOps and Cost Governance to embed real ownership in teams without slowing innovation.

Mike McQuaid, Homebrew Project Leader, CTPO at Administrate
Talk: Software Engineering in 2026: a WTF Q&A
Mike is an engineering and product leader with 18 years of experience reducing developer friction and scaling open source software used by tens of millions. Currently CTPO at Administrate and Homebrew Project Leader, former GitHub Principal Engineer (employee #232) who led initiatives including Merge Queue and internal developer environment, cofounder and former CTPO of Workbrew. Published author (Git in Practice), writer and frequent speaker (50+ talks) on engineering leadership, open source, automation, remote work and Git. Remote-first since 2009, with hands-on adoption of AI coding assistants and review tooling to increase velocity.

Noon van der Silk, Invariant Club
Talk: How to monorepo with Nix
You've read all the articles. You've discussed it at length and from all angles. You've considered all the tradeoffs. You've created the repo and you're ready to hack. But how are you going to get all your dependencies specified and available? How do you define the interconnected relationships between the projects? Let's take a look at approaching this problem via Nix.

🔹 CODE OF CONDUCT 🔹
As with our conferences, LeadDev Meetups are a safe and inclusive event for all. By attending, you agree to our code of conduct.

🔸 SLACK COMMUNITY 🔸
You can also join our Slack workspace to keep up with everything in our Edinburgh community. Join the channel #edinburgh.

🙏🏻 THANK YOU 🙏🏻
Thank you to our Edinburgh meet-up partner Skyscanner.

A bar/pub after-work meetup for anyone interested in tech. Share your latest project, learn about what others are working on, or talk about tech in general. Whatever the case, come join us for a drink or something to eat.

Ask about the reservation for Stephen to find us 👍

Hope to see you there 🍻 cheers

Welcome to the EdinburghJS May Meetup! We will be meeting on Tuesday 19th May, 18:30 for light refreshments and talks at the Perk offices, Nova House, 3-5 Ponton Street.

Our talk this month is the rescheduled from Dennis Stanoev on "Coding the Coder"

Modern coding agents feel like magic, but behind every agent is a simple execution loop. In this talk, we’ll work through a small but functional implementation of a coding agent. You'll see exactly how a simple conversation loop, a tool registry, and a file-system harness turn a chat prompt into a “developer".

We are using Luma as our ticketing system for this event. Please RSVP on Luma - if you choose to RSVP on Meetup and share your email with us, then we will transfer your registration to the Luma system where you may get invites for future events.

Space is limited, so keep your RSVP status up to date if your plans change.

​We have a Discord server for people to share links, tips, jobs and JavaScript problems — join via the link on Scottish Technology Club.

​Thank you to Perk for sponsoring this event, providing catering and the venue. Perk are recruiting

​Supporters tickets with an optional and flexible contribution amount are available on Luma so that you can contribute to the running costs of the group.

​If travel costs are a barrier to attending, please let us know — we have a diversity and hardship fund.

Join us as we celebrate World Product Day with a very special guest speaker: Matt LeMay.

Talk title: Why Every Cross-functional Team Needs to Watch the Documentary 'Metallica: Some Kind of Monster'

The most important text for cross-functional teams to understand is the 2004 documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster.

That is the thesis of this talk.

Anything else would probably spoil it.

Be there.

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World Product Day is the global celebration where product people everywhere come together to connect, learn, and share. This year, we're focussed on the theme of resilience.

Expect great conversation, fellow product folk from across Edinburgh, and a talk that will likely change how you think about your cross-functional team (and possibly your music taste).

See you there!

Agenda:
6pm - Arrival - food and refreshments
6.30pm - Matt LeMay - talk and Q&A
7.15pm - Networking
8pm - Wrap up

A bar/pub after-work meetup for anyone interested in tech. Share your latest project, learn about what others are working on, or talk about tech in general. Whatever the case, come join us for a drink or something to eat.

Ask about the reservation for Stephen to find us 👍

Hope to see you there 🍻 cheers

Join us for a night of networking and learning at N-Able's Edinburgh office for Together In Tech's first event of 2026! Plus there will be drinks and pizza 🍕

When:
Tues, May 26, 6-8 pm

Where:
N-able Edinburgh Office
7 Exchange Crescent
Edinburgh, EH3 8AN

Cost:
Free entry

What to expect:

The evening will kick off with a structured networking session along with pizza and some drinks, followed by a panel of speakers sharing their experiences and insights in tech and tech-adjecent spacaes!

Our goal is to create a supportive space that encourages women in tech to share, learn, and grow together.

Our first speaker will be Kate Farrell, Director of Curriculum Development and Professional Learning at the University of Edinburgh.

She is an educator with expertise in data science, computing science, digital media computing and moving image education. She works on the Data Education in Schools project developing data and AI literacy lessons, resources and professional learning
for Primary and Secondary schools in Scotland. And she will be doing a talk on AI literacy.

Our second speaker will be Marni Lindsay, a Product Owner at Lloyds Banking Group, with over a decade in financial services and 7 years working in tech in non-engineering roles.

She recently founded 'She Builds with Claude', which is a learning community for women who want to build with AI. She returned from maternity leave 7 months ago, feeling behind on AI. She’s now nominated for Outstanding Returner at the Women in Tech Excellence Awards - for her innovative use of AI and for supporting others. She would like to inspire women to take action even if they don't feel ready, with some thoughts around how and why it's important.

We organise friendly informal networking events for people in Tech to share ideas, learn from each other, and make new connections.

Who are the events for?
People working in tech who want to connect with others in the Edinburgh tech community, including:

• Software engineers
• Product managers
• Data / AI professionals
• Startup founders & operators

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You’ll meet people who are:

• Working in software engineering, product, data, AI, or startups
• Building projects, products, or growing their careers in tech

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Why should you join?

• Learn from others working in tech
• Expand your network to help your career
• It could lead to collaborations or new opportunities
• It’s a lot of fun!

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✨ How it works
Secure your place and join a group of people working in and around tech.
Just arrive at the venue:

• Grab a drink, find the group, and settle in
• Ask the bar staff for the ****"****Edinburgh Tech Network" table booking
• Expect a friendly, welcoming group and a great atmosphere 👋

Have better conversations

• You’ll be surrounded by people interested in tech and building things
• Discussions are naturally more engaging and relevant 🤝

Build connections + opportunities

• Meet people you can stay in touch with
• Learn from others in the space
• Potentially collaborate on projects or opportunities ⚡

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📍 Location
We host events at relaxed venues in central Edinburgh:

• Easy to get to locations
• Pubs or bars with a good atmosphere
• Spaces that are ideal for conversation 🍻

Spots are limited to keep the group high quality.

If you work in tech and want to meet others in your space, you’ll get a lot from this 👋

All the badass women in tech, are you in? #outgeekwomen #womenintech

We are happy to extend an invitation to our event, offering a chance to network with accomplished female pros across diverse IT domains, rub shoulders with CTOs, connect with talented dev teams, and mingle with the brilliant minds behind your favorite tech brands. This event is a match made in heaven for software engineers, data scientists, PMs and project managers, and UI/UX designers who want to stay ahead of the game in the fast-paced world of tech. While this event is centered around women in tech, we extend a warm invitation to everyone to join us.

On the company side, we have CTOs who can write code blindfolded, VP of Engineering who have a black belt in project management, and talent acquisition leaders who have recruited more people than McDonald's has served hamburgers. And on the attendee side, we have techies who know how to turn caffeine into code and can make an app out of thin air. This event is not just about networking, it's about connecting with fellow mid-/senior tech pros in the industry, sharing a laugh or two, and maybe even finding your next career move. So come join us for a unique networking event where job seekers take the driver's seat!

We will: listen to short and sweet pitches by CTOs and hiring teams and vote best pitch (who said that corporate evaluation can't be fun?), talk all things tech, network and run speed interviews, meet faces behind our fav tech brands, and see what our local tech has to offer this season.

Tickets, Fees, Collaboration

Curious techies and job seekers never pay fees to attend our events unless they secure one of the last 10 tickets available. We offer 150 free tickets, and only the final 10 are paid. If you’re hiring and are looking to present, network and hire at this event, please register here. If you are a part of a tech/community group and are interested in joining forces, please email us at hello@outgeek.org.

Previous hiring/presenting teams came from:

What’s the next step?

Register now and our event director will be in touch a few days prior to the session with event details, agenda, speakers, employer information and jobs.

What if my current employer attends the event?

We will notify you when your employer joins the session.

Are your events virtual?

Some of our events are in-person while others are held virtually via Hopin. Both of them have proven to offer an excellent experience for both job seekers and employers. For details please review the event location on your right.

Disclaimer

An event ticket does not guarantee admission due to the theme restrictions (full-stack, back-end, product-only) and roster of posted vacancies. We work with mid- and senior-level IT talent, and rarely see entry-level positions advertised at our sessions.

Refunds

Our events are free for talented tech enthusiasts seeking new job opportunities.

www.outgeek.org

Everyone is invited. Are you in? #womenintech #outgeekedinburgh

You and your company are invited to an event where you can meet, interview and network with accomplished female professionals in various IT fields, including software engineering, data science, technical product and project management, UI/UX design, and more.

There will be short keynotes, speed interviews or open networking, and lots of energy! Hiring teams will discuss their companies, present job openings, and network with seasoned job seekers, providing you with the ideal opportunity to discover your next exceptional hire. Attendees will have the opportunity to rate presentations delivered by the hiring teams, and we promise there won't be any Simon Cowell-style judges to break anyone's spirit. Plus, we'll send you a list of job seekers in advance, so you can plan your strategy accordingly.

• Who's in: established software engineers, data scientists, PMs, and UI/UX designers
• 90+ candidates on the event list, a 55-65% attendance rate on average
• 3+ years of experience in a relevant field on average
• While this event is centered around women in tech, we extend a warm invitation to everyone to join us.

Who could gain from participating in this event?

Your dev, product, data, UI/UX teams, talent acquisition leaders, and CTO will thank you for extending the invite!

No need to sweat over preparing for this event!

We understand that you may have attended events in the past that demanded extensive preparation but fell short on value. But, our event is unique - it only takes an hour to review the talent list, connect with candidates, and prepare a 5-minute impromptu keynote speech without any slides. Bring swag!

Are you looking for a job?

Our events are free for badass tech professionals seeking new job opportunities. Find our schedule and RSVP here.

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